To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been registered as having special educational needs each year since 1991; and what assessment they have made of those numbers.
Answered on
13 January 2021
Data is available on the number of children with special educational needs in schools in England since 1992.
All the publications since 2010 can be found via the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen.
Earlier publications can be found in the national archives at: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130103143954/https://education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/sen?page=1.
The attached table gives the available time series compiled from the figures in these publications. The notes below the table explain points where policy changes have affected the continuity of the time series.